A Christmas Story Director Made One of the Most Influential Horror Movies of the ‘70s
ComicBook.comStory by Patrick Cavanaugh
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Legendary Christmas movie director Bob Clark's 1974 horror classic 'Black Christmas' pioneered the slasher genre and paved the way for horror's enduring holiday ties.
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- Director Bob Clark's 1974 slasher 'Black Christmas' is considered a game-changing horror film that predated the 'Halloween' phenomenon, cementing the killer's POV as a tense storytelling technique.
- The original 'Black Christmas' tackled progressive themes like reproductive rights and institutional misogyny, making it a trailblazing horror flick that still resonates today.
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Bob Clark, John Carpenter, Debra Hill, Margot Kidder, Olivia Hussey, Keir Dullea, Halloween, A Christmas Story, Black Christmas, Jaws